A panel reviewing the age limits for public sector jobs has recommended raising the eligibility threshold to 35 years for men and 37 years for women. Abdul Muyeed Chowdhury, chief of the Public Administration Reform Commission and head of the review committee, addressed the issue on Monday. The recommended age limit for women has been set at 37 to provide them with greater opportunities, aligning with practices in neighbouring countries. The movement to raise the age limit for entering public sector jobs began over a decade ago and has gained fresh momentum following recent political upheaval in Bangladesh. The interim government has indicated a positive stance on increasing the age limit, but the extent of the change was not immediately clear.

Authorities have handed out fines totalling Tk 9,000 to three vendors and seized 195 kg of hilsa from a market in Chandpur's Hajiganj Upazila on the first day of the ban on catching and selling the coveted fish. Executive Magistrate Rifat Jahan conducted a mobile court drive to enforce the ban during a visit to the Hajiganj market in the Balur Math area around 10pm on Sunday. The government has imposed a 22-day ban on catching, transporting and selling the fish, effective from midnight on Saturday to Nov 3, in a bid to protect juvenile and brood hilsa during its breeding season. "We fined three traders at the Hajiganj market Tk 3,000 each and confiscated 195 kg of hilsa for defying the prohibition," said Assistant Commissioner Rifat Jahan. He added that the confiscated hilsa were later distributed to various orphanages in the Upazila.

Poet and thinker Farhad Mazhar believes Mahfuz Alam, special assistant to the chief adviser and widely regarded as the mastermind behind the student-led protests that led to the ouster of the Awami League government, did not suddenly 'spring from the ground,' reports bdnews24.com. "If you think Mahfuz is alone, then you'd be making a grave mistake," Farhad said in a Facebook post on Saturday. "Those of us who are with him will continue to support him because Mahfuz did not suddenly spring from the ground. Know the society, know Mahfuz. It takes decades for a society to find a Mahfuz, Akhter, Nahid, Asif, Nusrat, Akram, Arif, Jahid, Tushar, Umama, Hasnat, Sarjis, Nazifa, Abu Baker, Tariqul, and Sanjana."

Karim, who hailed from Chattogram’s Fatikchhari, fell sick after the room he stayed in was sprayed for bedbugsMohammad Karim, an expatriate Bangladeshi living in the United Arab Emirates, bought a ticket for a flight home. But on Thursday, two days before his flight to Bangladesh, Karim died in the Gulf country. After living four years in Dubai, Karim bought a ticket for US-Bangla’s Dubai-Chattogram flight. Saimon said that on Wednesday, the room Karim was staying in was sprayed with pesticide because of a bedbug infestation. According to instructions, Karim did not return to the room for 24 hours after it was sprayed.

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The blast severed some of their hands and feet from their bodiesFour die in blast at CNG filling station in LakshmipurFour people have died after an explosion at a CNG filling station while a bus was refuelling in Lakshmipur. 11 Green Leaf filling station in the Lakshmipur Municipality. The bus named ‘Maisha Ikra Classic’ was operating under the banner of ‘Classic Meghna’, said Abdul Manaf, chief of the Sadar Police Station. The explosion severed the hands or feet from the bodies of several of the injured, according to Dr Jainal Abedin of the Lakshmipur Sadar Hospital’s Emergency Department. The injured have been transferred to different hospitals in Lakshmipur and Dhaka, he said.

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PACKERS 34, CARDINALS 13: Romeo Doubs returned from a one-game suspension and caught two of Jordan Love’s four touchdown passes in Green Bay’s home victory over mistake-prone Arizona. His four touchdown passes matched a career high. Stroud threw three touchdown passes as Houston spoiled the first start of New England's rookie quarterback Drake Maye, breezing past the Patriots in Foxborough. Dameon Pierce ripped off a 54-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter and finished with 76 yards on eight carries. Kirk Cousins completed 19 of 30 passes for 225 yards and threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Drake London.

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DHAKA, Oct 13, 2024 (BSS) – BNP Standing Committee Member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy today said that ‘nothing else’ except the government was changed through the student-people uprising. You yourselves have said that false cases were filed against us,” he said. The BNP leader added: “When the Chief Adviser was humiliated with false cases, the entire nation demonstrated anger. Gayeshwar said, “Though we were sympathized and vocal about false cases filed against you (Chief Adviser to interim government). Elected public representatives will come to parliament and they will make those reforms based on consensus,” the BNP leader said.

The incident occurs as locals take several boats for a festive outing just before the immersion ceremonyBoy dies as two boats collide during Durga idol immersion in TangailA 12-year-old boy has died following a collision between two boats during idol immersion in the Jhinai River in Tangail's Kalihati Upazila. The incident took place at the Old Thana Ghat area under Kalihati municipality on Sunday afternoon, said Kalihati Police Station chief Md Abul Kalam Bhuiyan. Citing local residents, the OC Abul said several boats had gone out for a trip before the idol immersion, a common practice during the annual festival of the Durga Puja. During the outing, two boats collided, causing Apu to fall into the water and sustain injuries. With the help of local residents, police managed to rescue him and took him to Kalihati Upazila Health Complex, where doctors pronounced him dead.

File PhotoDHAKA, Oct 13, 2024 (BSS) – Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed today said India wants Awami League (AL) and its cohorts in power to dominate Bangladesh. "In the recent past, whatever Bangladesh said, India echoed the same thing that it wants AL and its cohorts in power so that it can dominate Bangladesh. India does not need support and friendship of Bangladesh and its people," he said. But, on the other hand, so many leaders of AL easily crossed the Bangladesh's border and reached India, he said, adding that AL leaders were seen shopping in Indian markets and someone is visiting the Mazar of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya in India. He said in various ways, media and policy makers of the neighboring country wanted to tarnish the image of Bangladesh raising question about the harmony among the people of the country (Bangladesh).

Parity reached another level in college football on Saturday, with four games involving at least one ranked team going to overtime and four others being decided by three or fewer points.